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September 8, 2017S

Centennial Center Park, now 5 years old, continues to grow More changes may be on the way

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE Upcoming events at Centennial Center Park: • The city’s second annual Car Show on Sept.

9 will feature “classic and exotic” cars, according to the city website, with music

by The Nacho Men, a local band that plays swing and hits from the 1950s, `60s, `70s and more recent years. Booths, food trucks and a senior resource fair will also be a part of the event. Cars will be on display beginning 3 p.m., and live music starts at 5:30 p.m.

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Stephanie Neubecker sat with her son under a recent sunset as he ate a meal and played with what looked like a fast-food kids’ toy. With about 20 other people around her at Centennial Center Park, the week came to a peaceful close, even as children ran and chased each other on the playgrounds.

“My son really likes the slide and the (jungle gym),” said Neubecker, a Parker resident.

She comes to the park about once a week even though she’s from outside the city.

The award-winning Centennial Center Park rounded its five-year mark this spring. So far, it has become a draw for people in and outside Centennial, won several accolades and added more amenities — and there’s more on the horizon.

The park at East Arapahoe Road and South Revere Parkway “has become a gathering place for our citizens and a place that I enjoy taking my grandkids,” Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon said. “Centennial Center Park truly is a one-of-a-kind park and one that I am

Parkgoers play in the sunset at Centennial Center Park Aug. 25. The park, now in its sixth year, has undergone several improvements since opening in spring 2012. ELLIS ARNOLD proud is in Centennial.”

It features barbecue grills, a rockclimbing wall, a large, covered shelter with a gas fireplace and another shelter for smaller gatherings — and a water playground for the kids. Over the years, the park has acquired a roof over its amphitheater stage, shade structures and benches, two more gardens and 200 additional parking spaces due to popularity, said Allison Wittern, the city’s public information manager.

The city doesn’t track who comes to the 11-acre park because it’s a public area, Wittern said, but park reservations show that people from “across the Front Range” visit the park. More than 40,000 people visited the park as part of 395 reservations in 2016 alone — and that doesn’t include attendance for city-sponsored events or everyday visitors.

“Visitors from all parts of the state who may not otherwise have a reason to visit Centennial come to Center Park and therefore experience other

aspects of our city — businesses, shopping and great neighborhoods,” Noon said. “We hope they return as visitors or even look at Centennial as a place to call home.”

Supriya Saxna, who said she lives close to the park, brings her husband and two children. She said her favorite parts are the jungle gym and fountains.

Most parks, Neubecker said, are smaller with not as much variety.

And for this park, it’s not just the structure: the city has added more events to the park’s calendar since its opening. A summer kickoff concert, a car show, chalk-art festival and a holiday lighting event are all part of its fabric now.

More changes may be coming for the park, with the 2017 Trails and Recreation Plan to be completed this year.

Once that plan is finished, the city will lay out a master plan for Centennial Center Park that will focus on maintenance and growth for the park based on citizens’ wants, Wittern said.

• The Centennial Chalk Art Festival will bring fine arts vendors, chalk artists, live music and metro-area food trucks to the park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sept. 23 and 24. Six local musicians and groups will perform. If you’re interested in being a chalk artist or selling fine art at the festival, visit the city events page under the Things to Do tab on centennialco.gov.

• The city will host its holiday celebration event 3 to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 18 with holiday songs performed by school choirs, visits with Santa Claus, hot chocolate and cookies. A grand finale tree-lighting will wrap things up.

SINGING THE PRAISES Centennial Center Park has won the following accolades: • 2017 5th-Best Splash Pad in the U.S. by USA Today Readers’ choice • 2016 Best Place for Outdoor Fun by Macaroni Kid Daisy Awards • 2014 Top of the Town playground by 5280 magazine • 2013 People’s Choice Award by the Denver Council of Regional Governments

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September 8, 2017S

Changes likely for Big Dry Creek Trail Safer crosswalk likely to be considered; flood fix not yet certain

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

About 30 people gathered under a park-roof shelter to comment on a plan to remove a part of Big Dry Creek Trail that runs under a street in the Cherry Knolls neighborhood.

The plan, designed to increase the capacity of the creek at that underpass to remove some homes from a flood-risk area, will likely include an improved pedestrian and bicycle crossing above it on East Easter Avenue. It would also prevent flood waters from overflowing over and inundating that street.

“I’m in favor of them eliminating the trail underpass” and doing street mitigation, said Tina Kingery, a Centennial resident. “It’s not a safe crossing, regardless, and flood mitigation needs to be done anyway.”

Crafting the plan are the Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority and the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District, two organizations that work with several government departments in the south metro area. The city of Centennial is also involved, and of-

The crosswalk next to the sign, which displays a map of the trail system in the area of the Big Dry Creek Trail at Cherry Knolls Park, may undergo construction to make the street safer for trail users.

ELLIS ARNOLD ficials from all three camps answered questions at the Aug. 29 open-house meeting at Cherry Knolls Park.

Residents were split nearly in half on whether to remove the portion of the bicycling and pedestrian trail that runs alongside the creek under the street, which borders the park and sits between East Arapahoe Road and East Dry Creek Road near South University Boulevard. Whether it will remain in the plan is uncertain.

“I’m concerned about the children,” one attendee said. “Cars just go zipping by.” Other attendees mentioned heavy foot-traffic occurring during kids’ sports events in the area.

Another attendee suggested flashing beacons to stop traffic as pedestrians

and bikers cross East Easter Avenue — several people said the current crosswalk above the underpass is unsafe. Another was skeptical of the suggestion and said that people “blow through the cross at Orchard (Road) even with the flashing lights.”

Others supported removing the underpass trail, citing the danger of that part of the trail itself.

“The underpass is unusable a large amount of the time,” Kingery said.

Bikes speed around it, and “it’s a blind curve, as a runner. It fills up with sand and other debris.”

Shawn Wissel, an official with South Suburban, said his organization put a counter at the trail crossing and collected data over the past two to three

months. About 60 to 75 percent of people used the street crossing rather than the underpass.

The crowd largely appeared to support improvements to the street crossing, which could include pedestrianactivated flashing lights to stop traffic, a standard crosswalk with signs, extending the sidewalk further into the street with “bulb-outs,” a raised crosswalk or “speed table” to slow cars down or a combination of these options.

Use of any of them would need approval by the city of Centennial, said Brett Collins, an official with South Suburban. That organization plans to recommend crosswalk improvements, but it had not decided yet to recommend removing the underpass trail.

If considered, that part of the project would remove four units in a townhome building from the 100-year floodplain in the area, according to Paul Danley, an official with the Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority.

Being in a 100-year floodplain, a high-risk flood zone, means there’s a 1 percent chance a certain severity of flood will strike an area in any given year. That doesn’t mean it can’t occur more frequently, though.

If the plan is approved, it would take close to a year for design and permitting, and about four or five months of construction ending by summer 2019, officials said.

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7September 8, 2017

Detox center proposal gets renewed attention Old idea to build withdrawal management facility in south metro gets new look

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Local law enforcement and emergency medical service providers are exploring the idea of building a new social detox facility — also called a withdrawal management center — somewhere in Arapahoe or Douglas counties, which they say would make their lives easier and help those admitted to the facilities by shortening the distance to access services.

Social detox facilities provide a safe place for people overly inebriated on drugs and alcohol to sober up. Stays in the facilities are usually less than 48 hours, and professionals such as addiction counselors and social workers are on hand to help connect them with resources.

The metro area has four such facilities in Adams County, Jefferson County, Denver and Aurora. But only the Aurora location is used by Arapahoe and Douglas county sheriff ’s deputies and area police departments.

The 30-bed facility, East Side Detox and Recovery Services, is located at 1290 S. Potomac St. in Aurora, sandwiched between a storage facility and medical offices, a stone’s throw from Interstate 225.

That means a Douglas County deputy driving a drunk driver to East Metro Detox during Friday rush hour may be out of his patrol area for hours, said Capt. Kevin Duffy of the Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office.

“That takes our deputies out of service while they could be helping others,” Duffy said.

He said the law requires officers to prioritize taking overly inebriated people to detox centers, or to emergency rooms if detox is unavailable, and as a last resort to county jail if detox and hospitals are full.

“We’re seeing a lot of our emergency room beds being taken up with psych holds or detox holds,” he said. “That’s not what the ER is built for. And county jails are supposed to hold bad guys. These people haven’t necessarily broken any law other than that they’re intoxicated to the point that they pose a danger to themselves. We don’t like detox holds in the jail, and there’s a lot of liability with holding someone who’s that intoxicated.”

New eyes on an old idea The idea to add a new detox facility that’s more accessible to people farther from Aurora has been around for years, but started picking up steam after Aurora Mental Health Center took over East Metro Detox from its previous operator, Arapahoe House, said Heather Dolan, director of business development at Aurora Mental

MORE INFORMATION Community meetings regarding a possible new social detox facility have not yet been scheduled.

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The idea is still in preliminary stages, Dolan said, with stakeholders only beginning to gather data and examine possible locations for a new facility.

The process would involve extensive input from the public and county commissioners, she said.

“Everyone is well aware of the need to make sure it’s in a safe and appropriate place for the community and the people receiving services,” Dolan said.

“We’re here to provide a service to the community, where they want it. We’re not trying to impose it.”

Arapahoe House, a nonprofit that operates a variety of addiction counseling services across the metro area, announced late last year that it would pull out of operating detox facilities.

Aurora Mental Health picked up the contract to operate East Metro beginning in May, and with the contract came the long-discussed idea of building a south metro detox facility.

Addiction services providers in the metro area are overseen by Signal Behavioral Health Network, a managed service organization or MSO, a nonprofit that answers to the state Office of Behavioral Health, part of the Department of Human Services.

Signal put out a request for proposal earlier this year to build a new detox center, and Aurora Mental Health submitted the only letter of intent, Dolan said.

Running smoothly Running the existing facility has been going well so far, said Brian Gannon, deputy director of Aurora Mental Health.

“Our operations have been running extremely smoothly,” Gannon said.

“We’ve had great communication with our partners like hospitals and law enforcement.”

Funding comes from a hodgepodge of sources, Dolan said, composed of Medicaid revenue, third-party insurance, city and county support and self-payment from clients, with Signal providing gap funding. The same funding sources would likely be employed to build the new facility.

“Social detox” facilities — and their proximity to clients — are important for addicts seeking recovery, Dolan said.

“A social detox center is one step in a continuum of care, and oftentimes the best entry point,” Dolan said. “It’s better than being on the streets, or in jail, or in the ER. Having a facility near you allows for greater use of that facility.”

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September 8, 2017S

Learning about the Broncos and the bees

Hives of honeybees humming at team’s Dove Valley facility

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here’s been a lot of talk about the upcoming Denver Broncos season, and the names Paxton Lynch, Trevor Siemian and John Elway have all been in the news.

But the real buzz at the Broncos’ Dove Valley training facility in unincorporated Arapahoe County is the work of Joe Komperda.

On a bright August morning, hours before the team will take the field for a pre-season game at Sports Authority Field, Komperda gracefully manipulates trays covered with honey, wax and thousands of crawling bees, seemingly oblivious to a cloud of the disgruntled insects zipping about his body.

“My first year I got stung seven times, and the next year I got stung seven times in the first week, so I stopped counting,” he said with a smile. “It just happens sometimes.”

The 60-year-old Parker resident took up beekeeping four years ago, and in 2015 was introduced to Brooks Dodson, Dove Valley’s director of turf and grounds, by a contact in the Cottonwood District after rescuing and moving several swarms near Dove Valley.

“He said the chef might be able to use the honey at the training table, and I thought `This guy has a chef ?’ ” Komperda said. “Then I noticed he’s wearing blue pants with orange piping down the sides — and it hit me.”

Last year Komperda installed the first two hives, painted blue and orange by his wife and beekeeping partner Debbie. This year he’s keeping four hives, with 50,000 to 100,000 bees, behind the fieldhouse.

For the team, it’s a ready source of sweetener at the training table. For Komperda, it’s an opportunity to get the word out about his beekeeping and swarm rescue services, and a chance to make an impact on the declining bee population.

“We lose about 1 million hives a year, which is a real concern,” he said. “If two out of every three bites of food come from bees, and they go away, what are we going to do?”

IF YOU SPY A SWARM Swarms occur when a hive grows too large and half of the bees within split off to start another hive. If you spot a swarm of bees, it is critical to the health of the local bee population — and your own — to leave it alone and not attempt to douse it with water or insecticides.

Anyone who finds a swarm is urged not to attempt to spray the swarm with water or insecticides, as either could be harmful to local bee population. Instead, call the Swarm Hotline, where a dispatcher can put the caller in contact with a professional beekeeper who can remove the swarm quickly and free of charge.

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Joe Komperda checks the staus of his hive behind the Broncos’ training facility fieldhouse as guard bees try to find a way through his protective garb. Komperda estimates between 50,000 and 100,000 bees occupy the four hives at Dove Valley.

PHOTOS BY TOM SKELLEY About 60 percent of food products grown in the United States rely on pollination, Komperda said, and bee populations have been dropping worldwide from a combination of factors, including pesticide use, climate change and varroa mites, a parasite blamed for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of colonies around the world.

Anyone can take small steps to make a big difference for their pollinating neighbors, Komperda noted, such as using more bee-friendly plants and fewer pesticides in

their gardens.

“There’s all sorts of things you can do to help,” he said.

“You don’t need to be a beekeeper.”

Though anyone who does decide to put on a netted hood and gloves will get to experience what Komperda calls “the zen of beekeeping.”

“When you come out here and open that hive, you start looking at that and just marvel at Mother Nature,” he said. “This is just something that is so amazing and you can’t see it anywhere else but in a beehive.”

Parker resident Joe Komperda holds a scraper he uses to remove and clean honeycomb trays.

Beekeeper Joe Komperda stands beside the beehives he keeps behind the fieldhouse at the Denver Broncos Dove Valley training facility. Komperda’s wife Debbie decorated the hives to fit in with the surroundings at the compound.

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7September 8, 2017

Service could have less food to go around Meals on Wheels faces federal funding cuts, uncertain future

BY THE NUMBERS

Average number of seniors served Meals on Wheels in area counties by the Denver Volunteers of America Nutrition Program each year from 2015-17:

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Denver resident Lometa Gaskin, 99, stands behind her screen door, waiting for Meals on Wheels volunteer Wayne Chitwood. He asks how she’s doing as he comes up the sidewalk.

“If I was doing any better you’d think it was a frame-up,” Gaskin replies.

The paint in her living room is peeling in patches, but the house is clean.

Gaskin says she’d rather die than move into assisted living, and she relies on Meals on Wheels for a daily serving of nutrition — and conversation.

“I enjoy meeting the people more than I enjoy the food,” she says.

Asked about how funding cuts to the program, included in President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget, would affect her, she changes the subject.

“Let’s not go there,” she says.

The $4.1 trillion budget made headlines in March, proposing funding cuts to a number of social programs.

One such reduction is a 16.2 percent cut to the Department of Health and Human Services, which reduces rev-

Adams: 411

Gilpin: 23

Arapahoe: 585

Jefferson: 667

Clear Creek: 49

Total: 3,900

Denver: 2,112 Douglas: 53 Lometa Gaskin, 99, holds onto her lunch after receiving her daily Meals on Wheels delivery on Aug. 11. Gaskin lives alone in Denver and says talking with the delivery drivers is as important to her as the food.

TOM SKELLEY enues the Denver Regional Council of Governments could distribute to Volunteers of America and its Meals on Wheels program.

Congress has until the end of September to pass a federal budget, and as the deadline approaches, Dale Elliott grows anxious.

“We save lives every day,” says Elliott, division director of Aging and Nutrition Services for VOA. Drivers give some clients their only social contact of the day, as well as a nutritious meal. Three or four times a year, Elliott says, they find seniors who’ve fallen and need medical help.

The budget cuts would take $307,300

from Meals on Wheels’ Denver branch, eliminating services to 620 seniors in the metro area, according to Elliott. Funds for “congregate meals,” offered to mobile seniors in 30 centers in the seven counties Elliott’s office covers, would lose $192,900 and serve 705 fewer seniors.

Funding reductions would also take more than $30,000 from programs the VOA offers to provide safety-based home repairs and in-home exercise programs for seniors.

But Republican businessman and former state legislator Victor Mitchell, a Castle Rock resident and candidate for governor who has been

Source: Volunteers of America

delivering meals on Fridays for about a year, believes other funding mechanisms exist for the organization to make ends meet.

One solution could be “to change their model to the extent that they raise more money from private-sector dollars,” Mitchell says. “I think it’s a fantastic program and it does a lot of great things. I just believe there could be a great deal more done with funding the program with the private sector.”

Meals on Wheels receives 87 percent of its funding from government sources, 9 percent from private donations and 4 percent from client contributions, Elliott says.

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“It’s not like we don’t do that,” he says. “The reality is we just don’t receive sufficient response.”

Herb Wager, 68, began visiting the Castle Rock Senior Activity Center after his wife died in May, and enjoys the fellowship as much as the food. He’s an unaffiliated voter and leans Republican, but like Elliott, he disagrees that private corporations or citizens can fill the gaps federal cuts would create.

“It won’t get done,” the Castle Rock resident says.

“It would be nice in an ideal situation, but it’s not an ideal world.”

On a sunny Tuesday in August, Wager talks over baked chicken

with Buzz Bowers, also of Castle Rock. Bowers began bringing his wife to the center five years ago when her Parkinson’s disease confined her to a wheelchair. It was a way for his wife to socialize as her condition worsened, and the friends they made there were a comfort for Bowers when she died last year.

He says the fact that the government would consider cutting programs for seniors is evidence of “troubled times” in the United States, and he warns that decreasing funding won’t decrease the demand.

“I think it’s something that needs to be increased, not decreased,” Bowers, 84, said. “Seniors are living longer, and there’s going to be a lot more of us.”

Wayne Chitwood, who’s been delivering food with Meals on Wheels for about eight years, brings Lometa Gaskin her daily serving of lunch and conversation on Aug. 11.

Chitwood says most clients don’t have any social interaction beyond the daily deliveries.

“They’re always very appreciative,” he says.

“That’s why I’m doing it.”

PHOTOS BY TOM SKELLEY

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Guided Nature Hikes: Each year, RidgeGate teams up with the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District to provide free, guided nature hikes. These hikes are led by professional naturalists from SSPRD, and offer insight and education into the natural ecosystems within the open space at RidgeGate. Hikes are free to the public – register at ridgegate.com.

Dale Elliott, division director for Aging and Nutrition Services for the Volunteers of America, has a laugh while a kettle at the Denver VOA kitchen gets a wash. Elliott says the organization reaches out to private individuals and corporations for Meals on Wheels revenue, but most people don’t appreciate the need for the program until they need it for themselves or a family member.

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell, seen here in a campaign photo, delivers for Meals on Wheels each week. He believes more private money could be the answer to funding challenges.

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7September 8, 2017

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Investigators have arrested a 70-year-old man as a suspect in the murder of an 18th Judicial District deputy district attorney that occurred 18 years ago, the Arapahoe County Sheriff ’s Office announced Aug. 30.

Rebecca Bartee was found dead at the age of 41 in her apartment in the 6500 block of South Dayton Street in Centennial on June 9, 1999.

A Denver-area news reporter in February of this year contacted law enforcement after a tipster provided the reporter information, the sheriff ’s office said, and as a result, new evidence led to Robert Williams being identified as a suspect.

Investigators arrested Williams Aug. 29. He was living in the same apartment building where Bartee was killed. Williams lived there at the time of the murder, said Julie Brooks, spokeswoman for the sheriff ’s office, and to her knowledge he had not moved since then.

According to previous news reports, authorities said the murder was staged to look like a suicide, with a bottle of anti-depressant pills set on the bathroom sink next to the bathtub where Bartee was submerged. A glass of

wine sat in her living room, but an autopsy revealed she had no wine in her body, and authorities did not find any wine bottles in her home, according to the news reports.

After Williams’ arrest, authorities booked him into the Williams Arapahoe County Detention Facility on a charge of first-degree murder.

He was being held without bond.

A few residents of the apartment complex where Williams lives who talked to Bartee Colorado Community Media said they did not know Williams and had not heard of the arrest. An employee at the complex was not allowed to discuss it.

A man who appeared to live near Williams said he knows him, but did not wish to comment.

Bartee was a district attorney in Hays, Kansas, before moving to Colorado. She pursued parents who did not pay their courtordered child support for Arapahoe County. A few days after her death, her co-workers went to her home looking for a case file and instead found Bartee dead in her

bathtub.

The ensuing investigation and coroner’s information estimated that Bartee died after arriving home from work Friday, June 4, 1999, and that homicide was the likely cause of death.

The sheriff ’s office urges anyone with information about the case or other cold cases to contact authorities at 303-7954711 or at coldcase@arapahoegov. com. Information about this and other cold cases can be found at arapahoegov.com/918/Cold-CaseInvestigations.

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VOICES Many have lost their way since phones became things to look at

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ut of necessity, my college syllabi expanded by the month, as new infractions were coming in all the time.

My first syllabus, in 1973, asked for no smoking, and that was about it.

By the end (2003), the list went on for about six pages.

No automatic weapons. No shouting, “I am the Messiah.” And no cellphone calls.

Cellphones weren’t on the market in 1973 — that’s why they weren’t on the list back then.

Hard to believe now — isn’t it? — that there was a time before mobile devices?

Unless you were Dick Tracy. Tracy used to talk to his wrist.

Ironically, the first mobile phone call was

made in 1973.

On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, “called a rival company and informed them he was speaking on a mobile phone (knowyourmobile.com),” albeit one about the size of a hiking boot.

It’s untrue that he said, “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?,” or asked for a medium, hand-tossed with everything.

While Cooper was on the phone, he reached for his coffee, misjudged the handle, and dropped and broke the cup. It was the first instance of what is now referred to as “distracted talking.”

Distracted talking is illegal in Honolulu.

Stamford, Connecticut, may be next.

I like it. Give me more.

I admit that I am old-fashioned, and prefer it when people pay attention, and watch where they are going. But those days aren’t numbered.

Those days are over.

I can’t get from produce to frozen foods without pushing my cart defensively, because someone is making a life-changing call or a life-changing text and wandering in the aisles.

In Honolulu (of all places), smartphone use is illegal by pedestrians crossing streets.

Inevitably, there was a backlash.

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When disaster and devastation strike, do your part, even if it seems small

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Does civil discourse still exist?

I was amused by the word you used in your recent headline to describe the actions by “constituents” at a town hall with Cory Gardner — “chided.” No, it was more that the screamers stole his, and very many of his real contituents’ FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH! No wonder he seldom appears. If I had to face a SHRIEKING MOB — excuse my caps — I would appear much less frequently than he does. I congratulate his courage

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Read the First Amendment, people, and let us start there. Or read and apply the column by Michael Norton in the same issue and take his wisdom, kindness and openness to someone else’s ideas to the next town hall meeting.

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t is not a matter of devastation or disaster hitting us or someone we love at some point, it is just a matter of when. That is a reality and although this column always WINNING focuses on sharing WORDS a positive message, there are just sometimes when positive or flowery words are the last thing someone wants to hear. And that’s OK, because what someone who is facing devastation Michael Norton or disaster really needs is for us to be present in some way and to listen more than talk.

Many of us respond quickly with a donation of money when a natural disaster or some sort of catastrophic event happens. Others in the community are “doers” and they jump into action to do manual labor, volunteer at a shelter, and offer their time without even thinking about it, it is just how they are wired.

We all respond differently and that’s OK too. Some people are prayer warriors and spend hours praying for those facing the storms of life. Some of us are the people who rally others around a cause, they are the cheerleaders and

champions who make sure the rest of us are doing are part and getting things done.

And as we all know, and hopefully always appreciate, there are the men and women on the front lines as first responders and all of the police officers, EMTs, firefighters, nurses, doctors, military personnel, rescue workers, the Red Cross, FEMA and other agencies who come from near and far to aid us as they battle floods, fires, terror attacks and any other threat to our communities. A big shout-out to each and every one of these heroes.

It’s not always about being the hero, so I would like to encourage anyone who may feel like they never know what to do when it comes to offering help or volunteering in some way to remember that it’s not the size of the effort that counts, it’s any effort at all that counts. Don’t feel or become paralyzed by confusion around what to do or how you can help. You may not be in a position to help many, but every little effort, every single dollar donated, every call you make or every call you take is appreciated by someone.

Even if your effort benefits or helps in some small way just one person or family, it matters. You may say, “Well what difference can my small donation make?” Or, “How can

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ailgates. Pep rallies. Friday night lights. The new school year is here! And that’s exciting news for studentathletes and high school sports fans alike.

Research shows that being a student-athlete is about a lot more than fun and games. It teaches important life lessons, too. In fact, high school athletes not only have higher grade-point averages and fewer school absences than nonathletes, they also develop the kind of work habits and self-discipline skills that help them become more responsible and productive community members.

Attending high school sporting events teaches important life lessons, too.

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spending just a couple of hours volunteering at a shelter help?” Trust me, it matters to that one someone, it matters to that community, and it matters to the others who are shoulder-to-shoulder with you.

So how about you? Can you offer an ear to listen, a few words of prayer and encouragement, can you spare a couple of hours or a

SMITH FROM PAGE 10

“Why should the government dictate where I look?” one person said.

When a distracted driver flattens a distracted talker, who is a fault?

Further, who cares?

According to data compiled by the Governors Highway Safety Association, pedestrian deaths in the United States have been on the rise, and the two highest years were 2015 and 2016.

Statistics don’t show if the pedestrians were distracted, but Richard Retting, a former traffic safety commissioner for the New York Department of Transportation, said, “When you keep records for 40 years and see two consecutive years with the back-to-back largest, that tells you something. I don’t think it’s a leap of faith when you look at the increase in cellphone usage.”

Leaving the house is an adventure.

GUEST COLUMN Bob Gardner and Rhonda Blanford-Green

Among them, it teaches that we can live in different communities, come from different backgrounds, faiths and cultures, cheer for different teams, and still have a common bond.

That’s why attending the activities hosted by your high school this fall is so important. It’s not only an opportunity to cheer for your hometown team, it is also an opportunity to celebrate our commonality. And that’s something our country needs right now.

The bond we share is mutually supporting the teenagers in

our respective communities.

We applaud their persistence, tenacity, preparation and hard work, regardless of the color of the uniform they wear. We acknowledge that education-based, high school sports are enhancing their lives, and ours, in ways that few other activities could. And we agree that, regardless of what side of the field we sit on, attending a high school sporting event is an uplifting, enriching, familyfriendly experience for all of us.

Many of the high schools in our state lie at the heart of the communities they serve. They not only are educating our next generation of leaders, they also are a place where we congregate, where people from every corner

of town and all walks of life come together as one. And at no time is this unity more evident than during a high school athletic event.

This is the beginning of a new school year. Opportunities abound in the classroom and outside it. Let’s make the most of them by attending as many athletic events at the high school in our community as possible.

Turn on the lights, and let the games begin!

Bob Gardner is executive director of the National Federation of State High School Associations and Rhonda Blanford-Green is commissioner of the Colorado High School Activities Association.

few days or weeks to lend a hand, back, and shoulder to help others in need? I would love to hear your helping story at gotonorton@gmail. com, and when we can all come together for the greater good, and not just in times of disaster and devastation, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

Anything goes, and it’s all a part of living the good life, as it is now perceived, and non-stop calls and texts and self-indulgent selfies are as good as it gets, anytime, anywhere, no matter what.

A friend of mine just moved to La Veta. She said, “It is the strangest thing. People say hello to people on the street, not to people on the phone.”

I am retired, why not move to La Veta? Pack the dog and leave it all behind?

For one thing, Jennifer would be unable to go with me.

For another thing, I might run out of things to write about if I lived in a community where people appreciated the moment, and did one thing at a time.

No, give me Mr. and Mrs. Magoo in metro Denver.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net

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Thrift back in style at Woodlawn Arc replaces Savers with great deals for a good cause

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After a six-month hiatus, thrift store chic is back in style at Woodlawn Shopping Center.

Arc Thrift Store will hold the grand opening for its new store at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 7 at 1400 W. Littleton Blvd., in the distinctive swooproofed old Safeway building.

The building was home to a Savers thrift store until March, when the chain abruptly closed all its Colorado stores, citing poor sales in the region.

Arc, on the other hand, is on the ascent: the Littleton store is the chain’s 26th location, with the 27th opening later this year and several more in the works.

“The new store is beautiful,” said cashier Aimee Rathburn, who also worked at Savers before it closed.

“It’s clean, it smells good — it’s a very upbeat attitude. It helps a lot of people who don’t have the money to go to Macy’s. That’s a lot of people in our society.”

Working with developmentally disabled Arc Thrift Stores are the fundraising wing of Arc of the United States, a nationwide nonprofit that funds advocacy programs for people with developmental disabilities. Three hundred of Arc’s 1,500 Colorado employees have developmental disabilities, including an anticipated 10 to 15 employees out of 40 or so at the Littleton store.

“Almost to a person, they tend to be appreciative and loving,” said Arc of Colorado CEO Lloyd Lewis.

“They love their jobs, they hate to miss work and love to contribute whatever they can. They think if they miss work for a day the store will collapse.”

Lewis came to Arc from the corporate world in 2005. He became

Jennifer Jennings strikes a pose with her newfound parasol. She used to frequent the old Savers store, and was thrilled to find the new Arc up and running.

PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT involved after his son Kennedy was born with Down syndrome in 2003.

“When I first started, I would meet our intellectually disabled employees, and I would come away from the meetings thinking, ‘Who’s really disabled?’ ” Lewis said. “Me, the aggressive Type-A business guy, or these people who tend to be very gentle and appreciative? It gave me a different perspective.”

Arc helps developmentally disabled people find jobs, housing, medical services and education, Lewis said.

Arc also hosts “Arc University,” a series of life skills classes for its developmentally disabled employees, covering topics like money management, computers and pet care.

“When they walk across the stage at graduation,” Lewis said, “you’d think it was Harvard from the way they react when we hand them their certificates of participation.”

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‘An amazing karma’ Arc also bucks the thrift store stereotype, Rathburn said.

“We’re very picky in the back about what we put out,” Rathburn said. “If it’s torn, filthy, raggedy, smelly or covered in cat hair, it doesn’t come out on the floor.”

Arc’s soft opening kicked off on Aug. 28, and within a few hours the store was filled with shoppers, mostly passersby.

“We set this up in five weeks, from bare bones to what you see here,” said store manager George Dorman. “This building has an amazing karma about it.”

Shoppers were already unearthing treasures.

“Check out this umbrella thing — do you think it’s really old?” asked Jennifer Jennings, as she unfurled an antique-looking para-

Cashier Aimee Rathburn shows off her new watch — one of hundreds she has in her collection.

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Lockheed Martin begins construction on ‘factory of the future’ $350 million satellite production facility underway at company’s campus in Waterton Canyon

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Construction of a $350 million satellite production facility described as “a factory of the future” is underway at Lockheed Martin’s Waterton Canyon campus in south Jefferson County.

Named Gateway Center, the 266,000-square-foot facility will produce up to seven micro and macro satellites in one building, saving time, resources and cost, said Jay Bolden, Lockheed Martin Mission Solutions communications leader.

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“Moving things back and forth takes time and resources away,” Bolden said. “This is the dream building — we have everything we want in one location.”

Lockheed’s Waterton Canyon campus, which sits on the southwest edge of Roxborough in Douglas County, has more than 4,000 employees and design, manufacturing and test facilities.

Spacecraft currently in production at the campus include the Air Force’s GPS III satellites, NASA’s InSight Mars lander, NOAA’s GOES-R Series weather satellites and commercial communications satellites, a media release from Lockheed Martin says.

Gateway Center will be the largest facility at the campus, expected to bring 1,500 construction jobs over the next three years. Completion is slated for 2020. The aerospace and defense company has added more than 750 jobs to its Colorado workforce since 2014, and currently has about 350 job openings in the Denver area, accord-

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The expansion’s economic impact to the area is welcome, economic development leaders said.

Lockheed Martin has nearly 6,300 employees in Jefferson County and contracts with hundreds of local suppliers, said Leigh Seeger, interim president of Jefferson County Economic Development Corp. She added that with high average salaries, employees tend to have more disposable income to spend.

“The economic impact of Lockheed Martin to Jefferson County is significant,” Seeger said.

Innovative features inside Gateway Center include paperless operations, virtual reality design and 3D printing. Rick Ambrose, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space Systems, calls Gateway Center a “factory of the future.”

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MILESTONES Allyson Barwick, of Centennial, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Barwick is the daughter of Gary and Deb Barwick.

Samuel Andrew Timothy Bertram, of Centennial, graduated in May 2017 from Wheaton College with a bachelor’s degree in physics.

Briana P Borcic, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Alabama.

Kevin Burke, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of New Hampshire.

Burke is majoring in business administration, finance.

Rebecca Carlson, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Wheaton College.

Rachel Conn, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Iowa State University. Conn is a world studies and cultures major.

Warren E Denewiler, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s honor roll at Wichita State University.

Claire Fielder, of Centennial, graduated magna cum laude in May 2017 from Miami University with a bachelor’s degree in accountancy.

Jack Gillett, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Julia Grogan, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Miami University.

Sara Grogan, of Centennial, graduated in May 2017 from Lehigh University with bachelor’s degrees in integrated business/engineering and chemical engineering.

Clairissa Hansen, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Miami University.

Kathleen Jeddeloh, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at St. Olaf College. An English major, Jeddeloh is the daughter of Terry and Laurie Jeddeloh. She is a graduate of Smoky Hill High School.

Michael Kenny, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Wittenberg University.

Peter Kline, of Centennial, gradu-

ated in May from the University of Iowa with a juris doctorate degree in law.

Parker James Lacy, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Alabama.

Lance Lammers, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Trinity Christian College.

Stephanie Lewis, of Centennial, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in studio art from St. Olaf College. Lewis is a graduate of Arapahoe High School. She is the daughter of Eric and Lisa Lewis.

Makenna Marie Leyden, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 president’s list at Clemson University.

Leyden is majoring in graphic communications.

Marlena G Mcclellan, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 president’s list at the University of Alabama.

Eric Mingus, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 president’s honor roll at Iowa Western Community College.

Briele Mckenzie Nix, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 president’s list at the University of Alabama.

Quinn Brent Oberg, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Alabama.

Grace Pak, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Wheaton College.

Brady Panis, of Centennial, graduated in May 2017 from Marquette University with a bachelor’s degree in construction engineering and management.

Morgan M Petrone, of Centennial, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Alabama.

Kelly Marie Presta, of Centennial, graduated magna cum laude in May from Washington State University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Margaret Shaver, of Centennial, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in English, sociology/ SEE MILESTONES, P17

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anthropology from St. Olaf College.

Shaver is a graduate of Eagle Crest High School. She is the daughter of Daniel Shaver and Heidi Shaver.

Evan Yoo, of Centennial, graduated cum laude in May 2017 from Miami University with a bachelor’s degree in business, finance.

Natalie Cofield, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Miami University.

Hunter Dix, of Greenwood Village, graduated in May 2017 from Miami University with a bachelor’s degree in political science.

Andrew E Duggan, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Alabama.

Lexi Hutchison, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Miami University.

Elise Kramer, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017

dean’s list at Miami University.

Skyler L Martin, of Greenwood Village, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing, from Wichita State University.

Olivia H Mccann, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Alabama.

Zachary S Reasoner, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Alabama.

Anna R Schweitzer, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of Alabama.

Cameron David Summers, of Greenwood Village, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Summers is a junior majoring in architectural engineering.

Delaina Weinroth, of Greenwood Village, graduated in May 2017 from Miami University with a bachelor’s degree in integrated English language arts education.

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J

ill Herr starts each day by reading the Bible. It’s a habit she’s kept for several years with her husband before they go to work, and one she says keeps her grounded.

“Just to read about God’s love for people and the direction for individuals’ lives,” she said, “ and direction for my own life, too.”

The Castle Rock woman has been a regular churchgoer since she was 15 years old but said within the past two decades, reading the Bible has grown her faith even more.

The devotions, she said, are a critical part of her daily life.

At 61, Herr is more likely to remain devoted to regularly reading the Bible than those from other generations — specifically millennials and members of Generation X. And as a woman, she’s more likely to regularly read the Bible than her male peers.

That’s according to the 2017 State of the Bible report commissioned by the American Bible Society and conducted by California-based Barna Group. Researchers issued phone interviews with approximately 1,000 adult Americans and took online surveys from another 1,028 adults between Jan. 20 and Feb. 2.

They found that about half of respondents are “Bible users,” meaning they read or listen to the Bible on their own at least three or four times a year. That figure has remained constant since the annual survey began in 2011.

But they also found that nearly one-third of adults said they never read, listen to or pray with the Bible — a 5 percent increase from 2016. Among the sample group, results showed women,

older Americans and people living in the South are most likely to be Bible users.

The data wasn’t surprising, said Reg Cox of the Lakewood Faith Coalition, an organization that creates partnerships between the faith-based community and local governments, schools, neighborhoods, nonprofits and businesses.

“The survey just seems to line up with some of the things that myself and Christian leaders across the metro (area) have experienced,” he said. “I think that there’s some shifts or decreases in biblical knowledge.”

A lower rate of Bible readership among young people is a trend seen across the metro area.

“That’s what we’ve experienced in our church. Millennials are not just going to automatically give any kind of credence to faith.

They’re open to sort of all ideas,” Cox said.

In response, churches focus on providing service projects or missions for members to be involved in, Cox said, stating social justice issues are one thing that repeat-

WHAT IS THE BIBLE? The Bible is the collection of sacred scriptures in the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments. The scripture is important to those following Christianity, as most believe it to be the actual or inspired word of God, free of any error, through which God spells out his plan and purpose for the world. Those within the Christian religion are encouraged to regularly read and study the Bible.

Sources: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, merriam-webster.com; and the American Bible Society, americanbible.org.

Anne Jefferies says reading the Bible is an important part of her family life, and something she encourages her children to do daily.

COURTESY PHOTO edly draw people in, rather than simply reading them a new Bible story each Sunday morning.

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HOOTenanny brings back celebration of owls

rom Sept. 19 to 23, various events focused on owls are scheduled at the Audubon Nature Center, 11280 Waterton Road near Littleton — it’s the seventh annual SONYA’S HOOTenanny! Astronomy, benefits SAMPLER of barn owls (one will visit), birding insights, story time at Roxborough Library, a nocturnal hike and a main event on Sept. 23 with crafts, face painting, Mac’N Noodles Food Sonya Ellingboe Truck, folk music by “Nearly There.”

Find information and register at denveraudubon.org or call 303-973-9530.

Depot Art Gallery “In Motion,” a new exhibit at the Depot Art Gallery, will open with a reception from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 8 at 2069 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Awards will be announced. The show runs to Oct. 1. Refreshments. Go to depotartgallery.org.

Improv Pam Roth O’Mara will teach “Improv for Fun and Awareness” starting Sept. 13 at Arapahoe Community Col-

release his new book in the gallery, from 5 to 8 p.m. 720-389-9085, outnumberedgallery.com.

Englewood Camera Club The Englewood Camera Club will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 12 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial. The speaker will be Catherine Etherton, a widely traveled artist who loves street photography. She will talk about her favorite work: abstract views — and how she works within the camera, rather than through post-processing. Guests and new members are welcome.

“HOOTenanny Owl and Music Festival” runs five days, Sept. 19-23 at the Audubon Nature Center. Perhaps a relative of this owl family, photographed by Dick Vogel, will be present!

DICK VOGEL lege from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday evenings. Invent characters and create scenes. Littleton Campus.

Register: ARCR 1167F01-68153 ($169).

Outnumbered Gallery Kenneth Ober will be painting in the Outnumbered Gallery at 5654 S. Prince St., Unit A, with a reception Sept. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. On Sept. 14, photographer Andy Marquez will

Biennial event Biennial of the Americas runs Sept.

12-16 at various locations, including “Mi Tierra” at Denver Art Museum.

Lectures, exhibit at Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, performances, symposia and more.

Pulitzer winner “August Osage County” by Tracy Letts plays through Oct. 15 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Directed by Bernie Cardell.

Plays on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Monday, Sept. 18. Go to vintagetheatre.com, 303-856-7830.

Englewood fall concerts “Mozart, Kodaly and Brahms” will be the 2 p.m. Sept. 30 Englewood Arts Presents concert at Hampden Hall in the Englewood Civic Center, featuring cellist Matthew Zalkind and pianist Stephanie Cheng. Tickets: $20, $15, under 18 free. 303-806-8196. Go to englewoodarts.org.

Interior design Arapahoe Community College will host the Interior Design Student Exhibition from Sept. 18 to Oct. 5 in the Colorado Gallery of the Arts in the Annex at the Littleton Campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive. Closing reception Oct 5 from 5 to 7 p.m.

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Anne Jefferies, who does public affairs work for her Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Lakewood, also said there is a degree of lower readership among her church’s young membership, but many youths are still actively engaged with the Bible.

The church offers morning seminary classes before high school-aged youths leave for school, she said, and attendance remains strong.

“So we are reading the Bible and talking about the Bible on a daily basis with those youth, in addition to weekly activities,” she said. “We can’t force any of them to do it, so it is an option, but the majority of our youth participate.”

Jefferies and her family study the King James Version of the Bible along with the Book of Mormon as part of their LDS faith. They strive for daily devotionals, lasting 30 minutes to an hour, she said.

“My reading daily supports me in becoming a better person in my home as well as in my community,” she said.

Jefferies predicted the generation gap in Bible readership is a result of millennials’ busy lives, she said, traveling for work and raising children.

Her theory was backed up by the State of the Bible report, which found more than 50 percent of the respondents

Powwow The Denver Art Museum will celebrate the 28th Annual Friendship Powwow on Sept. 9 on the plaza between 12th and 13th avenues, just west of Broadway. Included: American Indian dancers, drum groups, working artists, hands-on activities and more. Admission is free. (Art museum general admission is also free on the first Saturdays.) Go to denverartmuseum.org.

Jazz at PACE The Colorado Repertory Jazz Orchestra will swing with the Stan Kenton Orchestra’s library at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at the PACE Center, 20000 Pikes Peak Ave., Parker.

Tickets: 303-805-6800, PACEtickets@ parkeronline.org.

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Reg Cox, far left, says he and other Denver metro Christian leaders encourage Bible readership but strive to find other ways to keep people engaged in the church, such as mission trips or projects.

COURTESY PHOTO who saw a decrease in their Bible readership last year named busy lives as the top reason.

But Jefferies also believes many millennial LDS members are raising their children to read the Bible daily, true to the church’s continual encouragement to do so, she said.

“They know that children follow what their parents do,” she said.

Herr suspected that those, regardless of age, who don’t read the Bible “don’t understand all of the life that it contains.”

Still, she isn’t worried about the future of the holy book.

“I believe there’s a revival to God and his word coming,” she said, “and that it will just be something that will sweep across all the generations.”

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Advanced dance students have new training option Both on-site and online help is available through charter operation

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Advanced dance students — bright, talented and disciplined pre-professionals — must try to fit hours of scheduled dance classes and rehearsals into a week, while also trying to maintain good grades in a standard middle and high school academic schedule.

A new national charter school option, announced Aug. 21, has entered the south metro area scene for the 2017/2018 school year, offering a different path to graduation which may fit well for some teens.

Two south area dance studios, Denver Ballet Theatre and Centerstage Starz Dance Studio, who share space at 8150 S. University Blvd. in Centennial, have combined forces with the

Pre-professional ballet students at Denver Ballet Theatre Studio, as well as students at Centerstage Starz Dance Studio, might be candidates for the new Arts Immersion online school that is newly available through the two dance school’s shared studio space in Centennial.

COURTESY PHOTO Arts Immersion School, a division of Immersion Schools: a free, accredited, blended online program with five specific art tracks in site-based dance, theatre, circus, film and visual art.

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The extensive online curriculum can be accessed anywhere in the state and combined with on-site dance classes, according to David Taylor, artistic director of Denver Ballet Theatre and Zikr Dance Ensemble. He had hoped to have the arrangement in place well before school started in the area, but there were delays regarding details, he said.

Denver Ballet Theatre teaches in the Russian style Vaganova Method, Taylor says, with Russian-trained faculty. A focus on building strength before attempting more difficult techniques is described as an important element in this classical training.

Taylor has been involved with Denver’s dance scene for many years and headed the former David Taylor Dance Company, once located on Main Street in Littleton, at Loretto Heights College and in Englewood.

His special choreography for “Nutcracker” and “Rain Forest” are remembered. He also directs Zikr

Dance Ensemble, which is focused on sacred dance from various traditions.

Denver Ballet Theatre stages performances in addition to the traditional “Nutcracker” during the year, as well as a Summer Intensive training program.

Centerstage Starz Dance Studio offers ongoing classes in jazz, lyrical, ballet, pointe, tap, hip-hop, break dance, turns and progressions, stretch and strengthening, theatre skills and poms instruction. A Competitive Touring Company of more than 50 dancers, ages 5 and up, often wins state and national awards.

“We have performed in regional and national competitions, philanthropic and community outreach programs, fundraisers, banquets and assisted living communities,” said director Taami Bash.

For information on the Arts Immersion School or each studio’s programs and curriculum, contact David Taylor, 303-884-1910, denverballettheatreacademy.com, or Taami Bash, 303-713-0355, centerstagestarz. com.

‘In The Heights’ won multiple Tony Awards on Broadway

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Joyous music with a Latin beat fills the space as a six-piece band, directed

by Donna Kolpan Debreceni, introduces a well-worn neighborhood — Washington Heights in Brooklyn — as “In The Heights” opens at Littleton’s Town Hall Arts Center.

Lights come up on Usnavi (Jose David Reynoza, a student at University of Northern Colorado) at center stage. The owner of a small bodega featuring café con leche and lottery tickets saunters forward, rapping about life in the fastgentrifying neighborhood that has been home to him and many other characters in this Tony Award-winning musical (Best Musical, Best Score, Best Choreography and Orchestration).

“In the Heights” opened off-Broadway

and in 2010 moved uptown with Lin Manuel Miranda in the Usnavi de La Vega role — in the show which he conceived, also creating the music and lyrics. Quiara Alegria Hudes, who later won a Pulitzer for “Water by the Spoonful,” wrote the book. (Miranda has since created and performed in the hugely popular “Hamilton.”)

We soon meet the rest of this accomplished cast of 18 who take the audience through a bittersweet few days in early July, via several parallel storylines.

Usnavi’s Abuela Claudia (Margi Lamb) has watched over younger neighborhood people, helping with school work and loving advice. She holds a lottery ticket.

Nina Rosario (Rose Van Dyne) is the good student who won a scholarship to Stanford—and thought she was out of the neighborhood … She drops out due to money problems and connects with Benny (Randy Chalmers), a non-Latino who works for her father’s cab company.

Vanessa (Sarah Harmon) is shy Usnavi’s love interest and anxious to move away. Everyone dances to the engaging beat, carefully choreographed by director Nick Sugar, who occasionally stopped the rehearsal we visited to tweak one or another detail.

Piraguero (the ice cream guy) wanders through the neighborhood singing about his different flavors, while Nina’s parents worry about their sagging business and beauty shop owner Daniela (Chelly Canales) is moving away tomorrow, due to a big raise in rent.

We visited a rehearsal on Aug. 24 and feel certain that with two weeks to go, the whole production will be polished and engaging from start to finish — certainly an outstanding beginning for Town Hall Arts Center’s 2017-2018 season.

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7September 8, 2017 Twin Dragon owner Shiou Yun Wang, left, welcomes Ida Mae Nichol to the Aug. 29 celebration of the restaurant’s 40th anniversary.

About 90 people joined Wang for the festivities marking the milestone in her restaurant.

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Twin Dragon Restaurant celebrates 40th anniversary Signature Englewood restaurant is example of success through hard work

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As Shiou Yun Wang celebrated the 40th anniversary of ownership of the Twin Dragon Restaurant on Aug. 29, she smiled and said she had no thought of retiring but did say she might slow down a little by spending less than 50 or 60 hours a week at the restaurant.

The anniversary celebration at the restaurant on South Broadway in Englewood drew a crowd of friends, family and customers. The restaurant was brightly decorated and the attendees were treated to a number of the menu items that have made the Twin Dragon Restaurant popular. But, even as she hosted the party, she took time out to work, mixing drinks or taking phone orders.

“We have a good staff but I come to the restaurant because I like meeting our customers,” she said. “We have many people who have been coming here for years. They are almost like family because now their children come here also.”

John Hamilton attended the celebration.

“I first came to the Twin Dragon in the 1980s,” the Jefferson County resident said. “I came back because the food was great and because I was always greeted at the door and treated as an honored guest. It is still that way and all our family are customers here.”

Wang said she got into the restaurant business by helping out a friend.

“In 1977, I was going to the University of Denver and I lived on Lincoln Street right across the alley from the Twin Dragon Restaurant that then was on the east side of the 2900 block of South Broadway,” she said. “I never planned to own a restaurant but I knew Twin Dragon owner Charlie and used to help him out when his employees didn’t show up. I wound up working for him and, when he decided to go back to Hong Kong, he gave me a personal loan so I could buy the restaurant.”

She said the business grew and

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“The building was empty and the owner made me a personal loan so I could buy it,” she said. “I bought half the building. Later I was able to buy the other half.”

She said there have been changes over the years.

“Customers used to come in and spend time enjoying the meal but now want quick service so they can eat and leave,” she said. “The carry-out orders also are a lot more now than they used to be.”

Englewood Mayor Joe Jefferson, Wang’s son, said his mother is an amazing woman who overcame challenges, came to the United States and could be a poster child for someone who lived the American dream.

“She came here, started this business before I was born,” he said.

“Englewood supported her for 40 years and she always gives back to the community that is her home.”

He said Wang’s parents lived in China before moving to North Korea where she was born. However, when the Communists took over North Korea, the family left their farm in 1948, took what they could carry and moved to South Korea by boat.

“Our family bought land in South Korea after the war,” Wang said.

“So much of the country had been destroyed in the war and most the people were very poor. Our family had a hard time because we were Chinese and treated as a minority.”

Wang, her parents, three brothers and sisters worked the land. She said the family made sacrifices to educate the children, sending one child at a time to college in Taiwan.

She was the third child to go to college in Taiwan where she earned a bachelor’s degree in history and education, then went to Japan and earned a master’s degree at Kinki University.

“There were few jobs open to women, even those with college educations,” she said. “I taught school for several years then, because I spoke several languages, I became a translator in the business world where my language skills were valued.”

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Back to School Night: 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 7 at Comedy Works South, 5345 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village. Presented by Colorado Youth for a Change. Headliner is Monty Franklin. Live auction and paddle raiser. For tickets, go to https://youthforachange.ejoinme. org/MyEvents/BTSN2017.

In the Heights: Friday, Sept. 8 to Sunday, Oct. 8 at Town Hall Arts Center, 2450 W. Main St., Littleton.

First musical production of the 2017-18 season. Reserved tickets on sale at the box office or online at www.townhallartscenter.org/ in-the-heights.

‘Nutcracker’ Auditions: Saturday, Sept. 9, at Denver Ballet Theatre, 8150 S. University Blvd., Suite 120, Centennial. Open auditions are from 2:30-2:45 (ages 4-5); 3-3:45 p.m. (ages 6-8); 4-5 p.m. (ages 9-12); and 5:15-6:30 p.m. (ages 13 and older). Headshot required. Call 303799-6609 or go to www.denverballettheatre.com for details.

Peter Samelson Magic Show: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 15-16 at Theatre of Dreams, 735 Park St., Castle Rock. Illusionist, entertainer and philosopher.

Reservations required; call 303660-6799 or go to http://Tickets.

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‘August: Osage County’: 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays; and 2:30 p.m. Sundays from to Oct. 15 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Additional show at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 18. After the Weston family patriarch disappears family tensions heat up and boil over in the ruthless August heat. Go to www. vintagetheatre.com or call 303-8567830.

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Evening with Art Encounters: 5-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 at Seven Stones Botanical Gardens Cemetery, 9635 N. Rampart Range Road, Littleton.

Stroll the Seven Stones gardens and celebrate five newly placed public art sculptures, along with artwork from 20-plus local artists. All art is for sale. Call 303-619-9697 to RSVP. Go to www.discoversevenstones. com

MUSIC

DEMTA Performance: 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 9 at Castle Rock Adventist Hospital, 2305 Meadows Blvd., Castle Rock. Public welcome. DEMTA members are independent and school music teachers who work in Parker, Castle Rock, Elizabeth, Centennial, Highlands Ranch, Littleton and Aurora. They have provided music education public service performances and teacher development since 1994. Call Ann at 303-841-2976.

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the first federal military post in the Denver area. Presentation will cover highlights of Fort Logan’s history including its role in the Spanish American War, its development as a recruiting and training center in World War I and World War II, and finally its closure in 1946. Contact ColumbineGenealogy@gmail.com.

West African Kora Performance: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11 at the Englewood Public Library, Perrin Room, 1000 Englewood Parkway, Englewood. The Kora is a 21-string harp that is native to the Mandinka people. In-between songs, Sean Gaskell will talk about how the instrument is built, who typically plays it, what its cultural significance is, and what it was like to live in the Gambia. For adults and teens. Registration recommended. Call the Englewood Public Library at 303-762-2560 or email epl@englewoodco.gov.

History of Denver’s Fort Logan Army Base: 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, at Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, 6400 S. University Blvd., Centennial.

Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society program presented by Jack Ballard, local author and historian. Established in 1887, Fort Logan was

Concert, Car Show: 3-7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 9 at Centennial Center Park, 13050 E. Peakview Ave., Centennial.

Music by The Nacho Men, a local band playing swing and hits from the 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond. Variety of booths, food trucks and a senior resource fair. Cars will be on display starting at 3 p.m.

Live music begins at 5:30 p.m. Go to http://www.centennialco.gov/ Things-To-Do/community-events. aspx#CalendarContent Rhythm and Percussion: 10:3011:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, in the Storytime Room. Ms. Monique will lead us through some fun clapping rhythms before we make our own drums to try out our rhythms on. Supplies provided; bring a round container (metal, cardboard or heavy plastic) that is no larger than 4 inches in diameter. Call 303-762-2560.

Arapahoe Philharmonic Concert: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 at Aspen Academy, 5859 S. University Blvd., Greenwood Village.

“Destiny Fulfilled” features Johannes Brahm’s Symphony No. 1 and Richard Strauss’s Four Last Songs, featuring local soprano Lauren Sawyer. Go to www.arapahoe-phil.org/ events/buy-tickets/.

Denver Mountain Parks Foundation: 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 14 at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Bart Berger created the foundation to improve and maximize the potential of the park system’s 14,000 acres. The pars are owned and maintained by Denver and span Jefferson, Douglas, Clear Creek and Grand counties. Refreshments served at 6:45 p.m. Go to www.castlerockhistoricalsociety.org. Contact the Castle Rock Museum at 303-814-3164 or museum@castlerockhistoricalsociety.org.

Flag Retirement: 10 a.m. Sept. 16 at South Metro Fire Training Center, Plaza Drive and Twenty Mile Road, Parker. Ceremony hosted by Parker American Legion Post 1864 and Parker Cub Scout Pack 363. Public welcome. Flags for retirement may be dropped off at the reception desk at Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet. Contact coappleby1@ msn.com.

Joyful Celebration Community Picnic and Concert: 9:30 a.m. (worship) and 11 a.m. (free concert, picnic, games) Sunday, Sept. 17 at Joy Lutheran Church, 7051 Parker Hills Court, Parker. Live music by the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra. Service will be translated by a sign language interpreter. Go to joylc.org.

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Feel Good, Look Good for Life: 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 at the Castle Pines Library, 360 Village Square Lane. Discover life-changing strategies for living your best life and thriving from author Angela Gaffney. For adults. Registration is required at 303-791-7323 or DCL. org.

Highlands Ranch Senior Club Monthly Luncheon: 11:45 a.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 13 at the Southridge Recreation Center, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch. Octoberfest theme with Polka music; entertainment by Steve Rock’s Tanzkapelle Band.

Brats, hot dogs, sides and dessert included. Reservations required

by Friday, Sept. 8. To RSVP or for information on cost or

membership, call Sue at 309-3609677. Newcomers welcome. Go to http://www.hrseniorclub.org/.

ChiliFest: 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.

Sample and judge all the chili entries or enter your own secret recipe to win cash prizes. Tickets available at http://www.castlerockchilifest. com or at the door. Fundraising event for Boy Scout Troop 780.

Lego Maniacs: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 9 and Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway.

School-aged children welcome to come in and created. Parents welcome too. Call 303-762-2560.

Lifetree Café: 5-6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11 (A Safe Place); Monday, Sept. 18 (Is Church Obsolete?); Monday, Sept. 25 (Forgiving the Unforgivable) at DAZBOG, 202 Wilcox St., Castle Rock. Call 303-8140142. Go to LifetreeCafe.com.

Turbulent Waters: Conflict in the South China Sea: 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12 at Iora Primary Care, 8246 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton.

This Active Minds program features the South China Sea, which is located between China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. At stake is one of the busiest trade routes in the world as well as oil and fishing rights.

Recently China has been pressing its claim to long disputed parts of the South China Sea, raising concerns as to what may happen as tensions rise. Call 303-552-2282

Putin’s Russia: 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13 at RiverPointe, 5225 S. Prince St., Littleton. Vladimir Putin’s leadership of Russia suggests a return to an authoritarianism that, for some, feels similar to the days of Soviet control and the Czars of old. Join Active Minds in examining the story of Russia under the influence of Vladimir Putin.

Call 303-797-0600 to RSVP. Women’s Sensory Experience: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 at Civic Green Park, Highlands Ranch. Invite nature back into your day; meditate, practice yoga, journal and more.

Bring a yoga mat, sunscreen, water and lunch. Space is limited; go to http://highlandsranch.org/ adult-enrichment-and-wellness/ to register. For information, call 303-725-1434.

Slime: 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, in the Storytime Room. Examine slime from the perspective of slugs and snails, then create a variety of slime including Kool-Aid slime, glitter slime, fluffy slime and oobleck. Call 303-762-2560.

Paws to Read: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 16 at the Englewood Public Library, 1000 Englewood Parkway, in the Storytime Room.

Early readers share their stories with four-legged listeners. Registration recommended; space cannot be guaranteed to those who do not register. Call 303-762-2560.

Animals provided through Denver Pet Partners.

Hilltop Schoolhouse Open House: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 at 5748 Flintwood Road, Parker.

The 1898 Hilltop Schoolhouse is the only remaining public structure from the railroad town, Hilltop.

Event is free; Hilltop notecards, postcards and pencils given when donation made to schoolhouse.

Five ponderosa pine tree seedlings will be planted.

Parker Oktoberfest: 6-10 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 15; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 16; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 at O’Brien Park, 10795 Victorian Drive. Learn about the German tale culture with visuals and information. Enjoy a dachshund race and dachshund costume contest; a mustache competition; silent auction and raffle.

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R Players and fans hold the Brookridge Trophy high after Arapahoe won the 2015 football game with Heritage. The winner of the rivalry game gets to keep the trophy until the next Arapahoe-Heritage game decides which school becomes keeper of the milk can for a year.

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What a difference a rivalry makes Intensity ramps up when certain teams play each other

THE TALLY Here are the series football won-lost records in some of the area’s top rivalry games:

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Rivalry football games are contests that get circled on the calendar, get players and students pumped up and get coaches to put a little extra into game planning.

Pueblo Central versus Pueblo Centennial is the oldest rivalry football game in Colorado. It was first played in 1892 and now is known as the Bell Game, with the winner gaining possession of an old train bell that was donated as a trophy in 1950.

There are several intense Colorado rivalries involving area teams and most are tied to geographic proximity or games within the same school district.

Changing conference alignments and schools switching classes have purged some rivalries and forced teams to move games against rivals to early in the season — including Week 1, which is the case with several games this season.

“The good news is we are still playing these rivalry games,” said Derek Chaney, Douglas County School District athlethic director.

“We sort of flip-flopped the schedule and what used to

Douglas County 3, Castle View 3 Cherry Creek 3, Regis Jesuit 2 Valor Christian 4, Cherry Creek 2 Valor Christian 5, Pomona 3 Valor Christian’s Chase Lopez gets underneath Mullen’s Wind Henderson. The Eagles got their second victory of the season over Mullen 34-7 on Sept. 1 at Valor Stadium.

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Legacy 6, Horizon 3

then many people line up outside the stadium behind the north end zone to watch the game.

“We sell out that game every year,” ThunderRidge Athletic Director Sean Patterson said. “It’s a hyped-up game, the kids are hyped up for it. It’s a great atmosphere.”

The Castle View-Douglas County crosstown rivalry is another can’t-miss contest as the Castle Rock teams compete in the Battle of the Rock affair. This year, the game was in the opening week on Sept. 1.

“There is no better atmosphere than a rivalry game,” Douglas County

Pomona 6, Ralston Valley 4

be the non-league games are our league games.

The games lose a little bit because league titles are not on the line.

“The flip side is we are playing these rival games in the good weather. The student bodies, I don’t think they care if it is a league or non-league game.”

Crowds in Colorado are not as large as some other states, such as Florida and Texas, but the attention surrounding rivalry games is considerable.

Bleachers fill fast at 3,500-seat Shea Stadium in Highlands Ranch for the ThunderRidge-Mountain Vista game. The parking lot fills up hours before the game with tailgating, and

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Legacy 7, Broomfield 3

Legend 2, Ponderosa 2 Ponderosa 3, Chaparral 3 Arapahoe 10, Heritage 2 Mullen 2, Valor Christian 1 Mullen 11, Cherry Creek 3 ThunderRidge 9, Mountain Vista 2 Northglenn 63, Thornton 24, two ties Green Mountain 54, Golden 49, one tie

honda Blanford-Green is a former track star who has been displaying her speed in her new job as Colorado High School Activities Association commissioner.

Blanford-Green was hired in March and his been proactive OVERTIME in addressing issues and initiating new c concepts that could i foil unanticipated P issues. p Sometimes the p old-school ways have s to be tweaked, and W Blanford-Green banks s a on her experience.

Jim Benton “What I bring to s the table is a different perspective and I’ve seen it differ- d ently,” she said. e Blanford-Green, a 1981 Aurora Central graduate, set several Colorado w track and field records that stood for a “ years. She won 18 conference championships as a collegiate standout at s Nebraska, where she was an 11-time a track All-American and competed in t several international events.

She worked 16 years for the CHSAA P l as an assistant/associate commissioner, was the executive director of a e the Nebraska School Activities Association for three seasons and was an 4 assistant executive director the Louisi-T ana High School Athletic Association C from 2015 until returning to Colorado. s The CHSAA held a media day Aug. 30 with a round-table discussion, and e a much-needed format for interviews P after state championship games was J o revealed.

“Our vision and mission was build- e y ing relationships with our media,” said Blanford-Green. “We wanted a round-table discussion in an informal o matter and not at a state championship, where sometimes those conversa- A tions don’t go very well. In a non-com- i petitive atmosphere we can really startf to build those relationships, having an c d open dialogue with our media parta ners.”

The CSHAA Sports Medicine Advi- S sory Committee, a group consisting of doctors, school personnel and athletic e trainers, met earlier in the day, and thet launching of a Head, Heart and Heat s Program was announced, which focuses on three major areas of concern y d for student safety.

B Blanford-Green revealed that all art departments in CHSAA member fi schools have been advised that one stu-p dent will create the logo for the Head, o Heart and Heat Program. The student t who designs the winning logo will be t paid for the copyright for that logo. t I SEE BENTON, P31

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WHAT’S ON TAP Some of the area rivalry games that have been played or are scheduled this season: Sept. 1 Castle View 24, Douglas County 10 Regis Jesuit 25, Cherry Creek 20 Legacy 35, Broomfield 21 Northglenn 42, Thornton 6 Ponderosa 31, Legend 21 Sept. 8 Arapahoe-Heritage Sept. 15 Ralston Valley-Pomona Mountain Vista-ThunderRidge Green Mountain-Golden Sept. 29 Cherry Creek-Valor Christian

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“This game is one that both sides play up for and it’s usually a great game,” Northglenn Athletic Director Matt Oelhert said. “Each of our communities has multiple generations who have gone to either Northglenn or Thornton.”

There have been several metro-area rivalries that have developed because of the strength of the teams. While these schools aren’t in the same city or the same league, year after year, it seems, they are squaring off in the playoffs, often with a state championship on the line.

Valor Christian, seven-time Colorado state champions, has developed rivalries with Cherry Creek and Pomona mainly because of competitive games and the fact the teams are typically battling it out for Class 5A state titles.

Valor holds a 4-2 edge in the series, but the Bruins ended the Eagles’ 28game in-state winning streak in 2014, and later that season Creek won the state championship with a 25-24 win over Valor Christian.

Pomona has lost the past two title games to Valor but the Panthers have three wins over the Eagles during the regular season.

“In the past four years, we’ve played Pomona eight times and Creek four times,” said Valor coach Rod Sherman. “They have been good games.”

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coach Gene Hill said. “There is nothing better than seeing the stands full.

Players are more focused. The hard part is making sure the players still play within themselves. It absolutely stinks that this game is played in Week 1. How much fun would it be to see these two teams play Week 10 for a league title or a playoff spot?”

Castle View senior Heath Helms said everyone on the team circles the date of the Douglas County game.

“The biggest part of the rivalry is everyone used to play together, then when high school starts they split and go to different schools,” he said.

“There is a lot of trash talking. It’s still friendly. Everyone is still friends after the game but when we are on the field, it’s a fight.”

Legend and Ponderosa are two Parker schools that play in nonleague and the lower parking lot fills at EchoPark Automotive Stadium early with tailgaters. Ponderosa is a 4A school but still plays the Titans.

The third Parker public high school, Chaparral, isn’t on the Mustangs’ schedule.

“The Legend game is a great experience for both teams’ players and the Parker community,” Ponderosa coach Jaron Cohen said. “The atmosphere on game day is fantastic and the players know each other through playing youth ball.”

In some games, there is hardware on the line.

Heritage, a Littleton school, and Arapahoe, located a few miles away in west Centennial, play each season for the Brookridge Trophy. It is a milk can that is a tribute to the Brookridge dairy farm that used to occupy the area where Littleton Public Schools Stadium now stands.

Legacy has two big rival games each year, one against Broomfield and ethe other against Adams 12 district school Horizon.

“Horizon is a district school and you always want to be the best in the district,” Legacy Athletic Director Brendon Feddema said. “The Broomfield game every year draws a lot of people, but as soon as the game is over the players are good friends. It is the Best of Broomfield game.”

Northglenn and Thornton are longtime rivals that played for the 89th time on Sept. 1 in what is called the I-25 Bowl.

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Rock Canyon’s Bryce Henningsen and Zach Wilson (23) pull Arapahoe’s Jack Hollingsworth to the ground.

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FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

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Public Trustees COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0332-2017

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 27, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) Robert Timothy Reeder and Sharon Jean Reeder Original Beneficiary(ies) U.S. Bank National Association ND Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank National Association Date of Deed of Trust September 02, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust September 15, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5139366 Original Principal Amount $275,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $249,531.98

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 11, BLOCK 52, SOUTHGLENN-SEVENTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 7052 S Franklin St, Centennial, CO 80122.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/18/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 8/24/2017 Last Publication: 9/21/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 06/27/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the

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DATE: 06/27/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Eve Grina #43658 Jennifer Cruseturner #44452 Holly Shilliday #24423 Courtney Wright #45482 Erin Robson #46557 Jennifer Rogers #34682 McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-17-774067-LL The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0332-2017 First Publication: 8/24/2017 Last Publication: 9/21/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0336-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 27, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) NEIL J BUTTERFIELD Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR RESIDENTIAL FINANCE CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Date of Deed of Trust February 27, 2010 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust March 08, 2010 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) D0022742 Original Principal Amount $190,250.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $176,156.49 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT 'A' AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH Also known by street and number as: 5400 S Windermere St, LITTLETON, CO 80120.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/18/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 8/24/2017 Last Publication: 9/21/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

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THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/18/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 8/24/2017 Last Publication: 9/21/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

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IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 06/27/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 7069990 Attorney File # 17-015925 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 0336-2017 Exhibit A THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THAT PART OF BLOCK 1, STARK BROTHERS NORTH WOODLAWN ADDITION, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK 1, THENCE SOUTH 90 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK; THENCE EAST 140 FEET; THENCE NORTH 90 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK 1; THENCE WEST 140 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Legal Notice NO.: 0336-2017 First Publication 8/24/2017 Last Publication 9/21/2017 Name of Publication Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0344-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 5, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) DONALD RAY SCHENKEIR, MARIE EMILY SCHENKEIR AND DONELLE ANGELA SCHENKEIR Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for MILA, Inc Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank, N.A., successor trustee to LaSalle Bank National Association, on behalf of the holders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust 2005-HE7, Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2005-HE7 Date of Deed of Trust April 08, 2005 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 21, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5056588 Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 15, 2005 Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5188519

DONALD RAY SCHENKEIR, MARIE EMILY SCHENKEIR AND DONELLE ANGELA SCHENKEIR Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for MILA, Inc Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. Bank, N.A., successor trustee to LaSalle Bank National Association, on behalf of the holders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust 2005-HE7, Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2005-HE7 Date of Deed of Trust April 08, 2005 County of Recording To advertise your public notices call 303-566-4100 Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust April 21, 2005 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B5056588 Re-Recording Date of Deed of Trust December 15, 2005 Re-Recording Information (Reception No. and/or COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION Book/Page No.) CRS §38-38-103 B5188519 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0347-2017 Original Principal Amount $218,400.00 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given Outstanding Principal Balance $221,003.16 with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of On July 5, 2017, the undersigned Public Trusttrust have been violated as follows: failure to ee caused the Notice of Election and Demand pay principal and interest when due together relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and Original Grantor(s) other violations thereof.

Gregory L Rosengarten and Ila Rosengarten Original Beneficiary(ies) THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. FIRST LIEN. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association LOT 30, BLOCK 2, MEADOWBROOK Date of Deed of Trust VALLEY, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, March 07, 2008 STATE OF COLORADO County of Recording Arapahoe Also known by street and number as: Recording Date of Deed of Trust 555 W PEAKVIEW AVE, March 13, 2008 LITTLETON, CO 80120.

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL B8029329 OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENOriginal Principal Amount CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF $549,000.00 TRUST. Outstanding Principal Balance $558,638.97 NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of The current holder of the Evidence of Debt setrust have been violated as follows: failure to cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, pay principal and interest when due together has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale with all other payments provided for in the evidas provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will other violations thereof. at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/25/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A Administration Building, 5334 South Prince FIRST LIEN. Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the ALL THE REAL PROPERTY TOGETHER highest and best bidder for cash, the said real WITH IMPROVEMENTS, IF ANY, SITUATE, property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF ARGrantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the APAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, DEpurpose of paying the indebtedness provided in SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 9, WINsaid Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of DERMERE GARDENS FOURTH FILING, Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, and other items allowed by law, and will issue to STATE OF COLORADO the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Also known by street and number as: 1507 W Davies Pl, First Publication: 8/31/2017 Littleton, CO 80120.

Last Publication: 9/28/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENIF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTRUST. TICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE NOTICE OF SALE EXTENDED;

September 8, 2017S

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IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 07/05/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Monica Kadrmas #34904 Randall Chin #31149 Weldon Phillips #31827 Lauren Tew #45041 Nichole Williams #49611 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000006779045 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0344-2017 First Publication: 8/31/2017 Last Publication: 9/28/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 10/25/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 8/31/2017 Last Publication: 9/28/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 07/05/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee

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Original Grantor(s) 7September 8, 2017 and Ila Rosengarten Gregory L Rosengarten

Original Beneficiary(ies) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Date of Deed of Trust March 07, 2008 County of Recording Arapahoe FROM PAGE Recording Date5 of Deed of Trust March 13, 2008 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Location, Book/Page No.)location, location B8029329 The next steps will be gathering Original Principal Amount $549,000.00 data, Arapahoe County Sheriff Outstanding Principal Balance Dave Walcher said. $558,638.97 Pursuant to CRS a §38-38-101(4)(i), “It takes lot of workyou toare know hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of if we should even consider this,” trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together Walcher said.

“We have to really with all other payments provided for in the evidence debtthe secured by the deedof of trust getof all numbers howandagenother violations thereof.

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Original Grantor(s) BETH E BROWN Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICA'S WHOLESALE LENDER Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FROM PAGE 24 FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2015Fast start 14BTT Date of Deed of Trust Chaparral senior Adrienne Visintine December 09, 2002 of Recording started theCounty softball season with a bang Arapahoe and was named Recordingthe DateMaxPreps/NFCA of Deed of Trust February 24, 2003 (National Fastpitch Coaches AssociaRecording Information (Reception No. and/or tion) National High School Player of the Book/Page No.) B3040611 Week for games played Aug. 21-27.

Original Principal Amount $261,000.00 COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION Visintine, an outfielder who has comOutstanding Principal Balance CRS §38-38-103 mitted to play at Coastal Carolina, had a $237,109.03 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0350-2017

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Land is very TRUST. pensive. The perfect case scenario NOTICE would be to fiOF ndSALE an existing buildThe current of the Evidence of Debt se- from ing so holder we don’t have to build cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, the up.”and Demand for sale has filedground Notice of Election as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.that Stakeholders are aware some opposition is Given inevitable, THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, Duffy said.

10/25/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration South Prince “There Building, will be5334 naysayers and Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the people who arefornervous about this, highest and best bidder cash, the said real

property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

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IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

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Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given that thein covenants of the deed of with regard to the following described Deed of home runshereby andnotified a double five at-bats trust have been violated as follows: failure to Trust: and started season with awhen 1.000 paythe principal and interest duebattogether with all other payments provided for in the evidOn July 12, 2017, the undersigned Public tingTrustaverage.

She drove in seven runs, ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and ee caused the Notice of Election and Demand scored times andthereof. reached base other violations relating to the Deed of Trust described below tonine be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. safely in 11THE plate appearances.

LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A LIEN. Original Grantor(s) She wasFIRST 3-for-3 with a homer and BETH E BROWN double, had runs L Othree T 42, B L O C Kbatted 3 , T H EinHand IGHLANDS Original Beneficiary(ies) SECOND COUNTY ARAPAHOE, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION scored three runsFILING, in a 12-4 winOFover STATE OF COLORADO SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS Wheat Ridge. She walked four times in a NOMINEE FOR AMERICA'S WHOLESALE Also known by street and number as: LENDER but scored three 915 E IRISHValley PL, CENTENNIAL, Current Holder of Evidence of Debt 9-5 loss to Ralston CO 80122. five runs. In a 20-0 vicWILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, of the Wolverines’ FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA tory over Overland, Visintine THE PROPERTY DESCRIBEDbelted HEREINtwo IS ALL TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENBUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2015- had homers, four RBI, scored twice and CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF 14BTT TRUST. Date of Deed of Trust drew a walk.

December 09, 2002 NOTICE OF SALE County of Recording Arapahoe Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado The current holder of the Evidence of Debt seRecording Date of Deed of Trust Community Media.

He has been covering cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, February 24, 2003 has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale Recording Information (Reception No. and/or and part of the job is to be translater, the most important to sports in the Denver 1968.of He as provided by area law andsince in said Deed Trust.

Book/Pagegroup No.) B3040611 parent and honest, and to answer get behind this is the public. We’re can be reached at jbenton@coloradocomTHEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will Original Principal Amount questions,” Duffy said. “Sooner or trying to do this for$261,000.00 the public.” munitymedia.com or atat 303-566-4083. at public auction, 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/01/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION Outstanding Principal Balance Administration Building, 5334 South Prince CRS §38-38-103 $237,109.03 Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0350-2017 highest and best bidder for cash, the said real Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the with regard to the following described Deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in Trust: pay principal and interest when due together said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of with all other payments provided for in the evidTrust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale On July 12, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustence of debt securedName by the deed of trust and and other items allowed by law, and will issue to ee caused the Notice of Election and Demand other violations thereof. the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as relating to the Deed of Trust described below to provided by law. be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A Street Address FIRST LIEN. First Publication: 9/7/2017 Original Grantor(s) Last Publication: 10/5/2017 BETH E BROWN LOT 42, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS City, State, Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Original Beneficiary(ies) SECOND FILING, COUNTY OFZip ARAPAHOE, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION STATE OF COLORADO IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS We do notas: sell or share your personal LATERinformation DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NONOMINEE FOR AMERICA'S WHOLESALE Also known by streetEmail and number TICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE LENDER 915 E IRISH PL, CENTENNIAL, PARTIES ENTITLED TOamount.

CURE MAY ALSO BE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CO 80122.

We are requesting $25, but feel free to contribute any To participate in our annual Voluntary EXTENDED; WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, Please make checks payable to the Centennial Citizen FSB, DOINGContribution BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA THE PROPERTY HEREIN IS ALL Program, please complete this DESCRIBED IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENand mailFOR with your contribution to: BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE BUT SOLELYform AS TRUSTEE BCAT 2015CUMBERED REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF 14BTT TRUST. Citizen Contribution CarrierCONTACT Tip Amount Enclosed IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE Date of Deed Centennial of Trust PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECDecember 09,9137 2002 Ridgeline Blvd., Ste. 210 NOTICE OF SALE TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY County of Recording Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 The current holder of the Evidence of Debt se- FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO Arapahoe ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONRecording Date of Deed of Trust cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, SUMER FINANCIAL February 24, 2003 Please check this box to receive has filed Noticenews, of Election and Demand for saleoffers breaking newsletters, exclusive and special eventsPROTECTION via email. BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMRecording Information (Reception No. and/or as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSBook/Page No.) URE PROCESS. B3040611 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will Original Principal Amount at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, Colorado Attorney General $261,000.00 11/01/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION Outstanding Principal Balance Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Denver, Colorado 80203 CRS §38-38-103 $237,109.03 Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the (800) 222-4444 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0350-2017 highest and best bidder for cash, the said real www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the Federal Consumer Financial with regard to the following described Deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in Protection Bureau Trust: pay principal and interest when due together said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of P.O. Box 4503 with all other payments provided for in the evidTrust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale Iowa City, Iowa 52244 On July 12, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustence of debt secured by the deed of trust and and other items allowed by law, and will issue to (855) 411-2372 ee caused the Notice of Election and Demand other violations thereof. the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as www.consumerfinance.gov relating to the Deed of Trust described below to provided by law. be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A DATE: 07/12/2017 FIRST LIEN. First Publication: 9/7/2017 Original Grantor(s) Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee in and for the Last Publication: 10/5/2017 BETH E BROWN County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado LOT 42, BLOCK 3, THE HIGHLANDS Name of Publication: Littleton Independent Original Beneficiary(ies) By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee SECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION STATE OF COLORADO IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS The name, address, business telephone numLATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NONOMINEE FOR AMERICA'S WHOLESALE ber and bar registration number of the Also known by street and number as: TICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE LENDER attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the 915 E IRISH PL, CENTENNIAL, PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt indebtedness is: CO 80122.

EXTENDED; WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA Monica Kadrmas #34904 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, Randall Chin #31149 OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENLENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2015Weldon Phillips #31827 CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF 14BTT Lauren Tew #45041 TRUST. CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE Date of Deed of Trust Nichole Williams #49611 PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECDecember 09, 2002 NOTICE OF SALE TION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY County of Recording Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 BanFILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO Arapahoe nock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 The current holder of the Evidence of Debt seATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONAttorney File # 00000006867386 Recording Date of Deed of Trust cured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, SUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU February 24, 2003 has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMThe Attorney above is acting as a debt collector Recording Information (Reception No. and/or as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

PLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSand is attempting to collect a debt. Any informaBook/Page No.) URE PROCESS. tion provided may be used for that purpose.

B3040611 THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will Original Principal Amount at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, Colorado Attorney General ©Public Trustees' Association $261,000.00 11/01/2017, at the East Hearing Room, County 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Outstanding Principal Balance Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Denver, Colorado 80203 $237,109.03 Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the (800) 222-4444 Legal Notice NO.: 0350-2017 highest and best bidder for cash, the said real www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov First Publication: 9/7/2017 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Last Publication: 10/5/2017 hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the Federal Consumer Financial Name of Publication: Littleton Independent trust have been violated as follows: failure to purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in Protection Bureau pay principal and interest when due together said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of P.O. Box 4503 with all other payments provided for in the evidTrust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale Iowa City, Iowa 52244 ence of debt secured by the deed of trust and and other items allowed by law, and will issue to (855) 411-2372 other violations thereof. the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as www.consumerfinance.gov provided by law.

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DATE: 07/05/2017 Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Susan K Ryden, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Susan Hendrick #33196 THE SAYER LAW GROUP, P.C. 9745 E. Hampden Ave., Suite 400, Denver, CO 80231 (303) 353-2965 Attorney File # CO170002 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO.: 0347-2017 First Publication: 8/31/2017 Last Publication: 9/28/2017 Name of Publication: Littleton Independent COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0350-2017 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On July 12, 2017, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

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